# Janus Genelli

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[[File:Johann Friedrich Bury - Porträt des Malers Janus Genelli.jpg|thumb|165px|Janus Genelli; portrait by [Friedrich Bury](/source/Friedrich_Bury)]]
'''Janus Genelli''' (1761 – 1813) was a German painter of Italian descent. He specialized in [Classical](/source/Classicism) landscapes.

== Biography ==
He came from a family of artists that originated in Rome. Around 1730, for unknown reasons, they emigrated to Denmark and settled in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), where Genelli was born. His father, Joseph, worked as a silk knitter and [embroiderer](/source/embroiderer). They moved again in 1774, emigrating to Berlin by way of Vienna, to assist [Frederick the Great](/source/Frederick_the_Great) in establishing a tapestry school.

It was there, around 1780, that he became a student of [Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur](/source/Blaise_Nicholas_Le_Sueur), Director of the [Academy of Arts](/source/Academy_of_Arts%2C_Berlin). In 1786, he took a study trip to Rome, via Dresden, with his brother, the architect {{ill|Hans Christian Genelli|de}}. There, he became acquainted with [Jakob Philipp Hackert](/source/Jakob_Philipp_Hackert), who had a significant influence on his landscape style.<ref>[http://194.25.171.19/bassenge/de/lose.asp?SUCHTEXT=Genelli,%20Janus&VON=1.0&BIS=9899.9&PAG=1 "Genelli, Janus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130219000000/http://194.25.171.19/bassenge/de/lose.asp?SUCHTEXT=Genelli,%20Janus&VON=1.0&BIS=9899.9&PAG=1 |date=2013-02-19 }} @ the Galerie Bessange</ref>

From 1803, he served as a drawing teacher for Queen [Luise von Preußen](/source/Luise_von_Mecklenburg-Strelitz) and Crown Prince [Friedrich Wilhelm](/source/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia), who was then only eight years old.<ref>Margret Dorothea Minkels: ''Die Stifter des Neuen Museums Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen und Elisabeth von Bayern.'' Norderstedt 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-8448-0212-2}}, pg.6.</ref>
thumb|275px|Harz Landscape
His works depict an ideal nature, with warm colors, even when dealing with dark subjects. Among his best works are his depictions of the [Harz](/source/Harz) region and its mountains. His total output was rather small, and mostly unfamiliar today. It seems, however, that his works were highly regarded by his contemporaries.

Genelli died in Berlin in 1813. He was the father of [Bonaventura Genelli](/source/Bonaventura_Genelli), a well-known painter and graphic artist.

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz20334.html Biographical notes] @ Deutsche Biographie

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Category:1761 births
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Category:18th-century German painters
Category:German male painters
Category:18th-century German male artists
Category:German landscape painters
Category:German people of Italian descent
Category:Painters from Copenhagen
Category:19th-century German painters
Category:19th-century German male artists
Category:Danish emigrants
Category:Immigrants to the Kingdom of Prussia
Category:Painters from the Kingdom of Prussia

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